In January-February domestic consumers received 555.9 thousand tons of rolled metal, with 186.9 thousand tons, or 33.6% imported. In January-February 2018, domestic market consumed 663.1 thousand tons, of which 193.1 thousand tons, or 29.1% were imported. Thus, this year metal consumption dropped by 16.2%, with imports down by 3.2%. Most metal was supplied from the…
DetailsThis year Unisteel intends to increase cold-rolled galvanized metal output to 70 thousand tons. According to the company CEO Sergey Miroshnichenko, in 2017 Unisteel sold 14.8 thousand tons of metal mostly domestically. “In 2018 sales reached some 35 thousand tons. This year we intend to double them”, he said. Around 20% of metal was exported…
DetailsThe state enterprise Yuzhniy Machine-Building Works named after Makarov has concluded and agreement with the Joint Ukrainian-Turkish enterprise Ecologia LLC on the delivery of rolled titanium valued at 30.5 million UAH. This year the company will receive 10 tons of titanium sheets with the size of 11x1100x2300 mm at 3050 UAH ($112) per kg. Last…
DetailsFrom April 1, Metinvest will increase wages to its employees by 15% on average. The salary of the directors of Metinvest enterprises and employees of the managing company will not increase. Last year Metinvest increased the wages twice: in April they grew by 20%, and in October – by 10%. In 2018 the average salary…
DetailsIn 2018 rare-earth metals consumption in Russia totaled 1.2 thousand tons, while in China – 100 thousand tons. Thus, the local market is still weak. The main consumption industries are manufacture of catalysts, glass and optics. Consumption could grow, according to the experts, by increasing catalysts output and by developing the metal industry. At present…
DetailsRusal has put into operation the second line of the first stage of the new works in Krasnoyarsk, increasing aluminum capacity from 150 thousand tons to 300 thousand tons per year. The total cost of the plant with the capacity of 600 thousand tons was estimated at $2.6 billion, of which the first stage accounted…
DetailsIn 2018 Chelyabinsk Zinc Works increased output by 4.3% YoY, to 200.9 thousand tons of zinc. The company also produced 4.013 tons of indium (+3.8%), 926.9 tons of cadmium (+6.7%) and 332.4 thousand tons of sulfur acid (+4.2%). 76.2% of the zinc produced was sold domestically. In 2016-2017 the share of the domestic market was…
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